Chapter Seventy-Three: Respect

After another sweep by F Company, the area around St. Mary de Monte was finally quieter, although there were occasional snipers, but they could also be quickly dealt with by the brothers of E Company, and later, even the occasional sniper was gone. The Germans were so desperate that they simply gave up the territory and defended Carrington with peace of mind.

But there is another problem that begins to plague the brothers of E-Company. That's the corpses of the Germans who were killed. The American soldiers have been buried and marked on the spot, but the corpses of the Germans and some animals killed by the shelling have not been taken care of, and some of the corpses have begun to emit a real stench these days, and if left untreated, they can cause disease.

"We have to do it!" Parks said helplessly to the rows of brothers with bitter melon-like faces, "Come to think of it, no one wants to live in such a foul place, okay, guys, let's do it, it's better to dig a big hole." We were in charge of the town of Santa Marie de Monte, and the rest of the place was in charge of two or three rows. ”

"Well, these Germans are blessed, and when they die, they will let me serve him." Goneri raised his hand, "I'll take a squad to collect the corpses of the Germans, Christen, prepare some more cloth, we'll use it to make the shroud!" So saying, he led them away.

"And me!" The big bull Landauman also stood up.

Burying the body is a tiring task, but it is another search for the body. When many people buried the body, they once again looted the body, even down to every metal-like button.

Ligort chopped off the German finger and removed the ring from his finger; Kaber found several German daggers, the quality of which was better than that of the American soldiers, for which he showed off several times in the platoon; White hadn't done anything disgusting, but he vomited several times around the corpses of the spoiled Germans, and the smell of decay made his stomach twitch.

This kind of looting became a powerful trend, and some people even hit the idea on the relics of the fallen American soldiers, and Moore looked at the backpacks of the fallen American soldiers in the Church of Our Lady, which hung on some empty shelves.

He invited Malachi to go to church with him, and the two of them sorted out their backpacks and cleaned up useful things such as sugar, bandages, morphine, and some money.

But while Moore was cleaning up, he found a pair of hand-knitted baby shoes. His face turned pale and he yelled at Maraqi, "Let's get out of here quickly." ”

Malaki was also a little stunned, and they returned to their place, fleeing the place in a panic.

Of course, they were only two of them, and Gordon and Private Donnett, who had returned from the team only yesterday, had a conflict over this when they were also burying the American paratroopers and sorting out their belongings. Even made a move.

Donnatt rummaged through the unloaded backpack from the corpse of an American paratrooper and seemed to be in high spirits, because the American military had more useful things than the Germans, but they were also more practical.

"Enough! Donnatt! Gordon yelled at Donnatt with some displeasure, "He's dead, don't touch his things." ”

Donnatt didn't even look up, he just rummaged through the thing, and responded, "He's dead anyway, why bring these things to the dirt?" I'm leaving this to keep myself alive, isn't it? What's wrong with that? ”

Gordon trembled with anger, and from the first time he participated in the battle, he had an indescribable feeling that he could not tolerate the fall of another brother in front of him. He couldn't even look at his fallen brother, and he had to endure the disrespect of his own people for their corpses, so he was furious.

"Damn it, stop!" Gordon rushed up and pushed Donnatt away, "If I tell you to stop, you stop, don't be unhappy!" You scum. ”

Donnatt was pushed and stumbled, almost fell, and couldn't help but get up angrily and yelled at Gordon, "What did you just scold me? What do you want to do? Want to fight? Come on, you coward, if you have a kind of fight with me. "He looked menacing.

"Bang-" sound, as soon as his words fell, he was punched in the face, and the force of this punch was very strong, directly knocking Donnatt to the ground, making him fall and gnaw on the mud.

"Damn, you dare to hit me?" Donnatt got up and was about to lunge at Gordon, but the brothers around him gathered around him and pulled them apart, but they both glared at each other and spat at each other.

"That's enough, Donnat!" Winters hurried over, and behind him were Parks, Wales, and Compton.

The crowd let go of their hands, and Donnatt and Gordon glared at each other before saluting Winters.

"I wonder what the reason is!" Winters frowned and looked at the two of them.

Speaking of the reason, Donnatt was a little weak after all, he didn't say it, but Gordon quickly told the reason, which made Winters's face very ugly. Parks didn't feel good either, he looked at his brothers, and saw that most of them had the same expression on their faces, expressing dissatisfaction with Donnat.

Winters' brows furrowed even tighter, he looked at his brothers, and couldn't help but say, "Okay, I don't care what your purpose is, but now, although we lack materials, we are not yet to the point where we want from our dead brothers." I don't want to see a second one like this, understand? ”

"Got it, company commander!" Gordon and Donner nodded their heads.

This incident was very unpleasant in E-Company, and Donnat was almost isolated by the E-Company brothers, and Moore and Malachi were secretly glad that they would have ended up in the same fate as Donalt.

Donnatt also seems to recognize the change in the attitude of his brothers, he is a little uncomfortable, at first he behaves quite hard, but then he finally can't bear it, he can hardly stand the white eyes and indifference of his brothers, if this is the case, his own death is not far away. Who knows if someone will jump on themselves with a shot when they don't like their eyes in the future.

"Hey, Marachi!" Donnatt greeted everyone first, "I recently found a good bottle of wine there in town, would you like to try it?" The taste is very authentic, brandy! ”

"No, no, thank you!" Maraki himself had done something wrong, and he didn't want to get involved again, so he declined Donnet's courtesy, "I'm sorry, I'm still on business, Donnat, I have to go, okay, see you later!" ”

"Okay!" Donnatt looked at Malaki hiding from him as if he was avoiding the plague, and couldn't help but look depressed, "Damn it! He scolded in a low voice, not knowing whether to scold himself or vent. Then as soon as he looked up and saw Gordon, he hesitated for a moment, then greeted him, and called out enthusiastically:

"Hi Gordon, I want to ......"

"We don't have much more to say, Donnatt, I don't want to talk to someone like you!" Gordon took a quick few steps past him.

Donnatt tugged at the hem of his shirt and said in a earnest tone, "Hey, Gordon, I just wanted to apologize to you." ”

Gordon paused, he glanced at Donnett, and his tone softened slightly: "If you really want to apologize, you'd better apologize to those fallen brothers, don't look for me!" Donnett, let me go! ”

Donnatt raised his hands, looking helpless, he was even a little puzzled, he had always thought that it was not a big problem, it was Gordon and Winters making a big fuss.

After the Donnatt incident, the brothers of E Company have a gap in their hearts, which makes people feel uncomfortable from time to time, and the uncomfortable object is Donnat.

"Is it because I'm doing something wrong?" Donnatt sat dejectedly beside a ruined wall, muttering to himself, "Am I doing something wrong?" ”

He is just venting like this, wanting to vent his dissatisfaction and helplessness.

"You did something wrong!" At this time, a voice sounded nearby.

Donnat was startled, and reflexively wanted to grab the rifle next to him. As soon as he looked up, he saw a face, it was Parks, and he was looking at Donnat with a somewhat serious expression.

"Ensign!" Donnatt stood up and saluted.

Parks returned the salute and said, "Rest a little, Private Donnet." ”

Seeing Donnat sit down again, Parks sat down beside him as well, "Looks like you're in trouble, Donnatt." Parks didn't question him why he was wrong.

Donnette shrugged his shoulders and looked at Parks, "Sir, you're the first person willing to talk to me, since yesterday!" But I really don't understand what's going on. ”

Parks nodded, "I know, you're isolated now. It's not a big deal to you, but it's a big deal to those brothers. Then he said in a paused tone, "Have you ever participated in a battle?" Until now. ”

"Yes, sir! Just once, I didn't hit the Germans, and I wasn't hurt myself, it was just a time when I was parachuting. You know, I only came back the day before yesterday, but the battle here is over. Donnatt said.

"Well, that's the problem!" Parks nodded, "You don't have the feeling of your brothers falling next to you, you haven't seen the experience of brothers who are like brothers and sisters talking and laughing with you one moment ago, and turning into a corpse the next, you will understand later!" ”

Parks patted him on the shoulder, then stood up and said, "Soon, we'll be attacking Carrington, remember, whether your brothers live or die, you have to treat them as your brothers, forever!" With that, he ignored him, turned and walked away, anyway, he said what he had to say, and as for what happened to Donnat, it was up to him.

Donnett grew his mouth and looked at Parks' distant back, stunned for a long time......

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